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FOUNDED  1764 


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DATA  COMMONLY  ASKED 
FOR  BY  THOSE  DESIRING 
INFORMATION  ABOUT 
THE  UNIVERSITY    .    .    .    . 


COMPILED  BY  THE  RHODE  ISLAND  COMMITTEE  ON  THE 
ENDOWMENT  FUND  OF  1900 


Walter- 


Num- 
bers. 


GROWTH  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY 

The  growth  of  the  university  in  numbers  is  shown  by  the 
following  table : 

Years          Graduates                 Years  Graduates 

\764-i779  60  1839-1849  309              Growth 

1779-1789             67  1849-1859  326 

1789-1799  195  1859-1869  382 

17994809  253  1869-1879  494 

1809-1819  267  1879-1889  524 

1819-1829  297  1889-1899  1151 

1829-1839  25* 

Total  Graduates,  1764-1899,  (135  years)     •        4576 
Living  Graduates,  1899,     .  2747 

The  above  includes  only  those  who  have  received  degrees 
after  the  completion  of  regular  College  or  University  courses. 
The  medical  graduates  (1804-1828),  sixty-nine  in  number,  are 
not  included,  nor  are  the  honorary  graduates. 

In  addition  to  the  above,  the  University  has  given  instruction 
to  many  desiring  preparation  for  special  work,  and  since  the 
beginning  of  this  century  more  than  2200  students  have  been 
enrolled  who  have  taken  partial  courses  only,  and  therefore  have 
received  no  degrees. 


INFLUENCE  OF  GRADUATES 

The  latest  revision  of  the  Historical  Catalogue  furnishes 
the  following  data  in  regard  to  the  3983  graduates  from  \ 764  to 
\ 895,  inclusive: 

influ-  Clergymen 885 

ence  of  T  „^_ 

Gradu-  Lawyers 705 


ates. 


Physicians 430 

Professors 2J2 

Teachers 574 

Members  U.  S.  Senate  and  House 64 

Judges  (higher  National  and  State  Courts) 61 

College  Presidents 52 

Governors  of  States J8 

Secretaries  of  State  of  the  United  States 3 

Ambassadors  and  Ministers J5 

Doctors  of  Divinity J57 

Doctors  of  Law J2J 

Besides  the  above  there  have  been  many  officers  in  the  army 
and  navy,  bishops,  scientists,  journalists,  etc* 
some  The  existence   of   Brown  for   \  35   years   would   almost   be 

pies,  justified  by  the  production  of  one  such  man  as  Henry  Wheaton 
of  the  Class  of  \  802,  the  world-wide  authority  on  International 
Law;  or  such  a  man  as  Adoniram  Judson  of  the  Class  of 
\ 807,  the  pioneer  of  American  missionaries;  or  a  man  like 
Horace  Mann  of  the  Class  of  \  8f  9,  the  acknowledged  educational 
leader  of  his  time* 

It  will  be   interesting  to  note  more  in  detail  some  of  the 
prominent  positions  held  by  Sons  of  Brown* 

Among  the  publicists,  early  and  late,  are 

Publi-    William  Hunter,  J 79 J,  Minister  to  Brazil,  etc. 

Jonathan  Russell,  J 79 J,  Commissioner  Treaty  of  Ghent,  Minister  to  Norway 

and  Sweden,  etc. 
Henry  "Wheaton,  1802,  Authority  on  International  Law,  Minister  to  Prussia,  etc 


William  L.  Marcy,  J  808,  Secretary  of  War  of  United  States,  Secretary  of  State 

of  United  States,  etc* 
Albert  Smith,  1813,  Commissioner  Ashburton  Treaty. 
Elijah  L.  Hamlin,  1819,  Commissioner  Ashburton  Treaty. 
George  Van  Ness  Lothrop,  J  838,  Minister  to  Russia,  etc. 
Samuel  S.  Cox,  J  846,  Minister  to  Turkey,  etc. 
James  B.  Angell,  1849,  Minister  to  China,  Turkey,  etc. 
Richard  Olney,  1856,  Attorney  General  United  States,  Secretary  of  State  of 

United  States,  etc. 
John  Hay,  1858,  Ambassador  to  Great  Britain,  Secretary  of  State  of  United 

States,  etc* 

and  many  others  who  have  taken  important  part  in  the  affairs 
of  State. 

Fifty-two  graduates  of  Brown  have  become  College  Presi-    cators. 
dents.    At  the  present  time,  besides  those  holding  that  office  in 
smaller  colleges.  Brown  men  preside  over  the  following  important 
institutions : 

James  B.  Angell,  '49,  President  of  University  of  Michigan. 
James  McAllister,  '56,  President  of  Drexel  Institute. 
Benj.  I.  Wheeler,  '75,  President  of  University  of  California. 
W.  H.  P.  Faunce,  '80,  President  of  Brown  University. 
B.  L.  Whitman,  '87,  President  of  Columbian  University. 

Among  those  at  the  head  of  prominent  professional  schools 
are: 

Francis  "Wayland,  '46,  Dean  of  Yale  Law  School. 
Geo.  P.  Fisher,  '47,  Dean  of  Yale  Divinity  School. 
James  O.  Murray,  '50,  Dean  of  Princeton  (died  1899). 
Robt.  H.  Thurston,  '59,  Director  of  Sibley  College,  Cornell. 

The  record  of  the  209  graduates  who  have  held  professor- 
ships shows  that  almost  every  important  educational  institution 
in  the  United  States  has  called  Brown  men  to  its  faculty. 

Over  2,000  graduates  have  entered  the  learned  professions 
and  have  extended  the  influence  of  Brown  throughout  this 
country  and  abroad. 


In  the  great  commercial  and  manufacturing  enterprises  which 
today  call  for  the  highest  talent  and  demand  men  of  literal 
education,  Brown  men  are  taking  a  more  and  more  active  and 
prominent  part, 

INFLUENCE  IN  RHODE  ISLAND 

The  prominence  of  Brown  in  the  two  highest  State  offices 
2iS?d    £*ves  some  *^ea  of    the  influence  which  the  University   has 
exerted  in  Rhode  Island, 

Brown  has  had  in  the  Governor's  chair : 


Influ- 
ence   in 


0.3iSS 

Term  of  Service 

Gover- 

James  Fenner , 

1789, 

1807-11 

,  1824-31 

John  Brown  Fr ancis, 

1808, 

1833-38 

James  Fenner, 

1789, 

1843-45 

Charles  Jackson, 

1817, 

1845-46 

Henry  B»  Anthony, 

1833, 

1849-51 

Philip  Allen, 

1803, 

1851-53 

Elisha  Dyer, 

1829, 

1857-59 

Augustus  O.  Bourn, 

1855, 

1883-85 

Charles  "Warren  Lippitt, 

1865, 

1895-97 

Since  the  beginning  of  the  century  Brown  has  had  in  the 
office  of  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Rhode  Island : 


Chief  Justice 

Class 

Yews 

Chief 

Thomas  Arnold, 

1771, 

1809-10 

Justices 

James  Burrill, 

1788, 

1816-17 

Tristam  Burgess, 

1796, 

1817-18 

James  Fenner, 

1789, 

1818-19 

Samuel  Eddy, 

1787, 

1827-35 

Job  Durfee, 

1813, 

1835-48 

Richard  W.  Greene, 

1812, 

1848-54 

William  R.  Staples, 

1817, 

1854-56 

Samuel  Ames, 

1823, 

1856-66 

Charles  S.  Bradley, 

1838, 

1866-68 

George  A.  Brayton, 

1824, 

1868-75 

Thomas  Durfee, 

1846, 

1875-91 

Charles  Matteson, 

1861, 

1891-now 

in  office. 

Besides,  Brown  has  furnished  for  the  same  court  many 
Associate  Justices, 

(For  an  account  of  Brown's  service  to  the  world,  see  H.  R. 
Palmer's  article  in  the  May  \  899,  number  of  the  New  England 
Magazine*) 

GROWTH  DURING  LAST  TEN  YEARS 

The  numerical   growth  of  the  last  ten   years   is  shown   in 
detail  by  the  following  table : 


Year 

Graduates 

(Honorary  not  Included) 

1890 
1891 

56,  including 
70,        " 

<   2  Master  of  Arts 
6      "      "     " 

Growth 
1889-99. 

1892 

66, 

*t 

7 

44 

44 

44 

1893 

73, 

u 

12 

44 

44 

44 

2  Doctors  of  Philosophy 

1894 

102, 

44 

18 

44 

44 

44 

2 

44 

44                  4 

4            2  Women 

1895 

124, 

44 

20 

44 

44 

44 

5 

44 

44                  4 

11 

44 

1896 

135, 

44 

21 

44 

44 

44 

4 

44 

44                  4 

9 

44 

1897 

(66, 

44 

24 

44 

44 

44 

2 

44 

44                  4 

4         27 

44 

1898 

157, 

44 

19 

44 

44 

44 

2 

44 

44                  4 

4         20 

44 

1899 

204, 

44 

29 

44 

44 

44 

3 

44 

44                  4 

33 

44 

Prior  to  i  890  two  students  had  received  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts  and  two  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy,  on 
examination* 

During  the  last  decade  the  growth  of  all  departments,  the 
men's  college,  the  women's  college,  and  the  several  graduate 
departments,  has  been  constant,  the  class  of  J  399  being  nearly 
four  times  as  large  as  the  class  of  1889. 

During  the  last  ten  years  the  rate  of  increase  in  the  number 
of  students  at  Brown  has  been  greater  than  that  at  any  similar 
institution  in  this  country  so  far  as  known. 


Com.  The  relative  increase  in  the  number  of  students  as  shown 


para 


tive     by  comparison  with  some  of   the  neighboring  institutions  is  as 

Growth 

follows : 


I.    Stu- 
dents. 


1888 

1898 

Increase 

Per  Cent 

Brown, 

268 

925 

657 

245 

Harvard, 

J889 

390* 

2002 

*05 

Yale, 

J365 

25H 

U46 

84 

Amherst,  358  380  22  6 

This  increase  in  the  number  of  students  has  made  necessary 
an  increase  in  the  number  of  the  Faculty. 

The  relative  increase  in  the  number  of  the  Faculty : 


2.  Fac- 
ulty. 


1888 

1898 

Increase 

Per  Cent. 

Brown, 

22 

72 

50 

227 

Harvard, 

\6\ 

4H 

250 

*55 

Yale, 

m 

256 

*39 

U9 

Amherst, 

27 

32 

5 

J8 

(The  figures  for  J 888  and  1898  are  here  used  because  the 
figures  for  i  899  could  not  be  obtained  for  the  financial  com- 
parisons given  below*) 

EQUIPMENT 

The  material  resources  of  the  University  are  as  follows : 


ment. 


i  Build.  University  Hall,   J  770;    original   cost,    $10,000    (renovated    1883    at   cost  of 
ings*  $48,157.02),  Subscriptions. 

University  Grammar  School,  1810;  original  cost,  $  J, 450;  Subscriptions* 
Hope  College,  1  822;  original  cost,  $20,000;  donor,  Nicholas  Brown* 
Manning  Hall,  J  834;  original  cost,  $18,500;  donor,  Nicholas  Brown. 
Rhode  Island  Hall,  J  840;  original  cost,  $  \ 4,000;  Rhode  Island  Subscriptions. 
President's  House,  1840;  original  cost,  $7,000;  donor,  Nicholas  Brown. 
Chemical  Laboratory,  1862;  original  cost,  $12,516.78;  Subscriptions. 
John  Carter  Brown  Library,    1878;    original  cost,  $94,588.08;    donors,   John 
Carter  Brown  and  wife. 


Slater  Hall,  1879;  original  cost,  $27,791.78;  donor,  Horatio  Nelson  Slater. 
Sayles  Memorial  Hall,  1881 ;  original  cost,  $120,000  (estimated);  donor,  William 

F.  Sayles. 
Wilson  Hall,  1891 ;  original  cost,  $99,359.22;  donor,  George  Francis  Wilson. 
Lyman  Gymnasium,  1891 ;  original  cost,  $66,918.29;  donor,  Daniel  W.  Lyman, 

$51,400.32. 
Ladd  Observatory,  1891 ;  original  cost,  $40,000 ;  donor,  Herbert  W.  Ladd. 
Maxcy  Hall,  1895 ;  original  cost,  $43,694 ;  University  Funds. 
Pembroke  Hall,  1897;  original  cost,  $37,913.56;  Subscriptions. 

Besides    the  above  the  University   owns  several   dwelling  2.  Grounds 

and 

houses  in  part  used  for  dormitories.  It  also  owns  some  land  Collectlons- 
which  will  be  needed  for  the  erection  of  new  college  buildings* 
There  is  an  excellent  athletic  field  on  Camp  Street,  just  com- 
pleted* A  tract  of  land  on  Olney  Street,  known  as  the  Whiting 
Metcalf  Botanical  Gardens,  is  of  increasing  usefulness  to  the 
University. 

The  Museum  of  Classical  Archaeology  is  growing  slowly. 
The  Museums  of  Zoology  and  Anthropology  are  so  crowded  as 
to  make  them  only  in  part  useful.  The  Herbarium  is  well 
housed  and  the  collections  in  excellent  condition. 

Among  the  other  material  resources  are  the  libraries,  which 
now  number  over  i  00,000  volumes. 

The  University  Library  dates  from  \  767.  At  its  removal  to  3.  Library. 
Manning  Hall,  in  \  843,  it  numbered  \  0,000;  in  \  878,  when 
removed  to  the  new  library  huildingf  48,000,  and  in  \  899,  about 
\ 00,000.  This  growth,  while  gratifying,  is  not  nearly  sufficient 
to  meet  the  increased  demands  of  modern  study,  and  not  at  all 
comparable  with  the  growth  of  the  libraries  of  other  Universities, 
as  shown  by  the  latest  reports,  with  which  a  comparison  can  be 
made: 


Vols.,  1895 

Vols.,  1885 

Per  cent*  Increase 

Funds,  1895 

Funds,  1885 

Paid  for  Books  •  •  • 

(Annually) 


Brown 

Harvard 

Amherst 

Yale 

78,000 

450,000 

62,000 

200,000c 

65,000 

300,000 

53,000 

150,000c 

20 

50 

17 

33 

$56,500 
$36,500 

440,000 

60,000 

110,000 

338,000 

60,000 

52,000 

$2,600 

15,000 

3,500 

11,500 

Columbia 


200,000 

65,000 

208 

100,000 

0 

11,000 

(14,000    gifts) 


Vols.,  1895 

Vols.,  1885 

Per  cent.  Increase 

Funds,  1895 

Funds,  1885 

Paid  for  Books  •  • 

(Annually) 


Cornell 


170,000 

55,000 

209 

$300,000 

$0 

$17,350 


Michigan 


75,000 
42,000 

79 
30,000 

0 
11,300 


Chicago 


305,000 

0 
50,000 


Princeton 


97,000 

65,000 

49 

?  100,000 

?  100,000 

4,500 


Johns  Hopkins 


70,000 

26,000 

169 

0 

0 

5,000c 


Funds. 


FUNDS  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY 

The  Treasurer's  reports  will  show  that  the  funds  of  the 
University  have  been  most  carefully  husbanded  and  used  to  the 
best  advantage* 

The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  Treasurer's  Report  for 
April  J5,  lZ99z 


Funds  for  General  Purposes,  April  15,  1899 
.  Gen-   Common  Fund,  ♦        •        ♦ 

J.  L.  Lincoln  Memorial  Fund,  •        • 

John  Wilson  Smith  Bequest,    ♦        . 


$425,874.38 

100,554.33 

78,536.81 


Total, $604,965.52 


Professorship  Funds 


Donor 


2.  Pro-   Hazard  Professorship  of  Physics,    R.  G.  &  R.  Hazard, 
ship.      Elton  Professorship  of  Natural 


$40,931.25 
50,460.07 


Theology,  Romeo  Elton, 
Newport  Rogers  Professorship 

Chemistry,  W.  S.  Rogers,  50,000.00 

Natural  History  Professorship,  S.  T.  Olney,  25,000.00 

David    Benedict    Professorship 

Classical  Philology,  Miss  M.  M.  Benedict,     1 1,934.48 
Total,           ♦.♦..♦• 


$178,325.80 


Library  Funds 

Donor 

Library  Fund, 

Subscriptions  and 

Bequests, 

$25,500.00 

Gammell  Fund, 

"William  Gammell, 

10,000.00 

Diman  Memorial  Fund 

Subscriptions, 

10,199.10 

Albert  J.  Jones 

Fund, 

Albert  J.  Jones, 

1,000.00 

Joseph  Banigan 

Fund, 

Mrs.  Alice  M.  Sullivan, 

10,000.00 

Total, 


$56,699.10 


,.    Li- 
>rary. 


Donor 


Miscellaneous  Funds 

Gymnasium  Fund, 
Marshall  Woods  Lectureship, 
Olney  Fund  for  Plants, 
"Wilson  Physical  Apparatus, 
Museum  of  Natural  History, 
Alumni  Development  Fund, 
Class  of  1868,  Classical  Art 

Fund, 
Bailey  Botanical  Fund, 
G.  A.R.  Fellowship  Fund, 
Total,* 


Total  Funds  exclusive  of  Aid  and  Scholarship,  etc., 
Aid,  Scholarship  and  Prize  Funds,    ♦ 

Total  Funds,  ♦♦♦♦♦♦ 

(For  details  see  Treasurer's  report  April  15,  1899, ) 


Subscriptions, 

$34,320.25 

Marshall  "Woods, 

10,416.61 

S.  T.  Olney, 

10,000.00 

George  F.  "Wilson, 

13,500.00 

174.31 

1,655.02 

Class  of  1868, 

1,000.00 

Subscriptions, 

1,000.00 

Members  of  G.  A.  R. 

10,000.00 

4.    Mis- 
cellane- 
ous. 


,     $82,066.19 

.    $922,056.61 
,      236,620.05 

$1,158,676.66 


5.  Aid 

and 
Prize. 


Not  all  the  above  $1,158,676.66  is  available  for  the  general 
running  expenses  of  the  University,  as  certain  of  the  funds  are  by 
the  terms  of  the  gift,  to  be  capitalized  until  reaching  specified 
amounts,  and  others  are  in  the  form  of  aid,  scholarship  and 
prize  funds* 

The  total  funds  of  the  University  April  15,  1898,  were 
$1,125,685*03*  (This  date  is  taken  to  make  possible  comparison 
with  other  colleges  of  which  Treasurer's  reports  for  \  899  are  not 


Avail- 
able 
Funds. 


yet  issued.)  Of  this  amount  there  was  actually  available  for 
the  general  running  expenses  of  the  University,  $762,912.00, 
which  yielded  an  income  of  $42,502.00  for  that  year. 

As  shown   by   the  Treasurer's  reports  of   the  Universities 
already  cited,  the  condition  was  as  follows: 


Productive  Funds 

% 

1888 

1898 

Increase 

Increase 

Com- 
parison 

Brown, 

$   581,768 

$   762,912 

$    181,144 

Z\°lo 

with 
other 

Harvard, 

4,328,885 

7,350,059 

3,021,201 

69% 

Col- 
leges. 

Yale, 

1,775,475 

3,223,609 

1,448,134 

81% 

Amherst, 

784,533 

1,100,000 

315,467 

40% 

A  resume  of  the  conditions  will  be  helpful  in  showing 
Brown's  position. 

PER  CENT.  OF  INCREASE  1888-1898 

Faculty  Students    Productive  Funds 

Brown,  227%  245%  31% 

Harvard,  155%  106%  69% 

Yale,  119%  84%  81% 

Amherst,  18%  6%  40% 

Stated  in  another  form,  the  productive  funds  of  Brown 
have  increased  only  1-8  as  rapidly  as  the  student  body  and 
1-7  as  rapidly  as  the  faculty,  while  in  none  of  the  other  institu- 
tions have  the  funds  increased  less  than  1-3  as  rapidly  as  the 
student  body  nor  less  than  1-2  as  rapidly  as  the  faculty. 

THE  PROPOSED  ENDOWMENT  FUND 

The  facts  given  above  showed  an  urgent  necessity  of  a  large 
and  immediate  addition  to  the  productive  funds  of  the  University 
and  the  problem  of  making  these  funds  more  nearly  adequate  to 
the  growing  needs  received  earnest  consideration  from  many 
alumni  and  friends. 


At  the  meeting  of  the  Sons  of  Brown  in  Boston  and  Vicinity, 
Jan*  26,  f  898,  a  vote  was  passed  to  undertake  the  raising  of  the 
sum  of  two  million  dollars  as  an  endowment*  This  plan  was 
endorsed  subsequently  by  the  other  associations  throughout  the 
country,  and  committees  were  appointed  to  take  the  matter  in 
charge*  These  committees  began  their  work  late  in  J  898  and  E**™ 
their  efforts  have  met  with  gratifying  response* 

The  Corporation  of  the  University  responded  first  to  this 
movement  and  on  February  1st,  J  899,  about  one-quarter  of  the 
first  million  had  been  subscribed,  for  the  most  part  by  members 
of  the  Corporation* 

POLICY  OF  THE  CORPORATION 

On  June  22,  1899,  the  Corporation  passed  the  following 
resolution  x 

44  Whereas,  Brown  University  is  in  pressing  need  of  a  large  addition  to  its 
endowment  in  order  that  the  existing  departments  of  its  work  may  be  brought  to     rat&n 
the  highest  efficiency*  therefore  Policy. 

Resolved,  That  this  Corporation  fully  endorse  the  movement  of  the  Alumni 
to  secure  an  addition  of  two  million  dollars  to  the  funds  of  the  University — with 
the  understanding  that  our  primary  object  in  the  use  of  University  funds  will  be 
(unless  otherwise  directed  by  individual  donors),  to  improve  the  thoroughness 
and  efficiency  of  work  in  the  departments  already  established." 

On  July  Uth,  J899,  the  Rhode  Island  Committee  on  Endow- 
ments passed  the  following  resolution,  which  was  afterwards 
approved  by  the  General  Committee : 


"  l&sofoed.  That  this  Committee  believe  that  the  principal  of  the  Endow-  Method 
ment  Fund  of  1900  should  be  kept  intact,  and  that  the  income  alone  should  be  in*  En" 
used  for  the  general  purposes  of  the  University/'  me^t\ 


In  accordance  with  the  vote  of  the  various  committees  on 
the  Endowment  Fund,  the  following  form  for  conditional  sub- 
scriptions was  adopted : 


BROWN  UNIVERSITY  ENDOWMENT 

"  Whereas,  Brown  University  is  endeavoring  to  increase  its  endowment  by 
a  sum  of  two  million  dollars  in  addition  to  the  amount  held  on  January  26,  \  898, 
and  others  than  myself  have  subscribed  to  such  increase ;  Now,  in  consideration 
thereof,  I  hereby  promise  Brown  University  to  pay  said  University  for  said 

purpose  the  sum  of Dollars,  payment  to  be 

made  at  my  option  either  in  full  within  sixty  days  after  notice  from  the 
Treasurer  of  Brown  University  that  such  two  million  dollars  have  been  fully 
subscribed  for  or  otherwise  contributed,  or  within  one  year  after  such  notice,  in 
four  equal  quarterly  payments;  provided,  however,  that  this  promise  shall  be 
void  if  said  two  million  dollars  shall  not  have  been  fully  subscribed  for  or 
otherwise  contributed  before  the  close  of  Commencement  Day,  A,  D.  \  900. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  this day  of ,  A.  D.,  J89-  • 


Seal/' 


sum-  The  facts  herewith  presented  prove  Brown  worthy  of  a 

liberal  support*  Her  illustrious  past  and  growing  reputation 
have  attracted  students  in  increasing  numbers,  and  with  the 
broadening  of  the  fields  of  culture  and  science,  the  resources  of 
the  University  have  been  taxed  to  the  utmost.  Brown  has 
always  given  a  sound  and  thorough  education,  but  to  ^ivc  such 
an  education  to  four  times  as  many  students  as  she  had  a  decade 
ago  with  only  about  one-third  more  funds  is  the  problem  that 
now  confronts  the  University* 

It  is  believed  that  the  proposed  increase  of  the  Endowment 
by  two  million  dollars,  when  used  according  to  the  intention  of 
the  Corporation,  will  make  it  possible  for  Brown  to  take  the  lead 
in  academic  'work  in  science,  philosophy,  language  and  all  those 
studies  classed  as  culture  studies*  With  the  splendid  work 
already  accomplished,  Brown  may  appeal  with  confidence  to  all 
those  who  feel  the  desire  or  duty  to  promote  the  public  welfare 
and  higher  education. 

Additions  to  the  general  funds  are,  of  course,  most  needed, 
but  there  is  also  need  of  special  funds  for  the  endowment  of 


professorships  and  fellowships,  for  the  purchase  of  books  for  the 
library,  and  of  apparatus  for  the  various  departments* 

Any  inquiries  for  further  information   may   be  addressed 
to  the 

Secretary  of  the  Associated  Alumni, 

Brown  University, 

Providence,  R.  I. 


